Truth, Beauty, and Goodness in Biblical Narratives

Download or read book Truth, Beauty, and Goodness in Biblical Narratives written by Krzysztof Sonek and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2009 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book proposes a hermeneutical theory which uses modern approaches to literary texts for the exegesis of biblical narratives. This theory is then applied to the exegesis of Genesis 21:1-21, and involves the evaluation of the New Criticism, rhetorical criticism, structuralism and narrative analysis, reader-response criticism, the historical-critical method, as well as deconstruction. To satisfy the postulate of pluralism in interpretation, the theory draws upon a variety of ancient and modern sources such as Aristotle, T.S. Eliot, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Paul Ricœur.